CONTROL AS A BASIS FOR EFFECTIVE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING OF STUDENTS IN NON-LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

The article under review is dedicated to a problem of control as a basis for effective foreign language teaching non-linguists. The author points out that the peculiarities of professionally oriented teaching foreign languages in non-linguistic universities are one of the topical issues in foreign language teaching methodology, due to the fact that only the knowledge of a foreign language can demonstrate to what extend a future professional will be in demand in the labor market. The present paper is aimed at changing the approaches in teaching foreign languages in non-linguistic universities and making the process of assessing and evaluating the learners’ quality of knowledge and language skills quite frequent. Various classifications of types, forms and functions of the system of control have been considered and peculiarities of implementation of the control system in teaching non-linguists have been stated, among them are the following: using professionally oriented approach, undertaking project activities, implementing the system of control to define students’ general knowledge about the world, evaluating students’ knowledge on the basis of the covered material, including all the aspects of a foreign language and the student’s specialty within the CLIL approach.